Roundup: Craig Futterman on New Chicago Police Video Release Policy
Craig Futterman, Clinical Professor of Law and director of the Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project, who was instrumental in the release of the Laquan McDonald shooting video, comments on Chicago police's new policy of releasing videos of police shootings in no more than three months.
Chicago Tribune, "City to Release Police Shooting Videos Two to Three Months After Incident":
Civil rights attorneys countered that they see little reason the city can't release video of shootings and other police encounters within days. Investigators should interview witnesses within hours of incidents, so there would be little risk of tainting the information authorities gather by putting out video, they said.
University of Chicago law professor Craig Futterman said the policy is a step forward from the city's past, but it doesn't force officials to move fast enough.
"This isn't a time to for baby steps," he said. "It really is the time for bold action."
AP, "Skeptics Doubt New Chicago Video Policy Will Rebuild Trust":
Craig Futterman, a University of Chicago law professor who argued for the video's release, doesn't go that far. But he wonders how much good the new policy will do.
"There is no way this is not an improvement. ... But I see it as an insufficient step if the goal is to earn trust," Futterman said. "To establish trust, that means being honest from the beginning, not 60 days, 90 days later."